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Evening dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2018.8.22.2.CW.DR.C1927.US
Author:
The Julie Baer Co. (American)
Description
Golden brocade dress doubled with pink silk inside and decorated with lace on the bottom.

After the period known as "great mourning" the woman goes back to her emancipation. Wishing to forget the atrocities of the war, the garment becomes more joyous but also simpler in its design. It loses refinement compared to that of the Belle Epoque but gains freedom of movement. What was embroidered becomes woven or printed.
Materials
Brocade
Silk
Chiffon
Lace
Origin
circa 1927 Cleveland, United States
Exhibitions History
• 2018.09.01–2018.09.30. ‘Centenary of the fashion 1914–2018 through the Alexandre Vassiliev Collection.’ Curators: Christophe Dubois Rubio and Antonina Bozhukova. Castle of Querrieu, Amiens, France.
• 2023.12.21–2024.01.19. ‘Awaiting the miracle of holidays (1920–1990). From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Cultural Center, Visaginas, Lithuania.